Prior to his election into the House McIntyre served as a member of the North Carolina Commission on Children and Youth as well as the North Carolina Commission on the Family.

Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, McIntyre is a more moderate left of center Democratic Party vote. As a result, he may break with the Democratic Party line more than his fellow members.

Biography

McIntyre was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He earned his B.A. (as a Morehead Scholar) and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1978 and 1981 respectively.[4]

Career

After earning his degrees, McIntyre worked as an attorney in private practice, as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1980, on the North Carolina Commission on Children and Youth from 1987 to 1989, and on the North Carolina Commission on the Family from 1989 to 1991.[5]

Issues

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

McIntyre voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 16 Democrats that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[8]

King Amendment

In June 2013, the House approved an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security spending bill that would end the department's discretion policies by cutting off funding for the proposed DREAM Act, which would have temporarily halted the deportations of young immigrants if they had served in the military or were attending college. This vote overturned an executive order signed by President Obama that formalized a process for the "Dreamers" to remain in the U.S.[9][10][11]

The amendment, offered by Rep.Steve King (R) of Iowa, passed the House by a vote of 224-201 and was approved mostly along party lines. However, three Democrats supported the amendment and six Republicans opposed it, while nine members did not vote.[11]McIntyre was one of the three Democraticmembers who voted in favor of the amendment.[10]

The amendment would effectively demand the government force out "Dreamers" who came to the U.S. as children.[11] It contrasted with comprehensive immigration reform efforts, including proposed DREAM Act style legislation, and would resume the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.[12] The amendment was the first immigration-related vote in either chamber of Congress in 2013, and it blocked many of the provisions that were mirrored in the Senate’sGang of Eight bill.[13][11]

House vote on abortion ban

On June 18, 2013, the House voted 228-196 on HR1797, mostly along party lines, to approve a ban on abortions occurring after 20 weeks of pregnancy.[14][15][16] A number of members crossed over party lines in their votes. The vote was largely symbolic, as the Senate was not expected to take up the bill, and the White House threatened to veto the legislation.[17] McIntyre was one of six Democratic members who voted in favor of the ban.

Elections

2014

According to a Washington Post article in December 2012, McIntyre is one of the 10 most vulnerable incumbents in 2014.[18]

Race background

Before announcing that he would not run for re-election, incumbent Mike McIntyre (D) was one of seven early targets listed by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in the 2014 congressional elections.[19] The seven targets aligned perfectly with the seven most Republican districts currently held by Democrats, according to FairVote's partisanship index. McIntyre's district ranked as the most Republican (38 percent Democratic).[20]

Republican David Rouzer -- who narrowly lost to McIntyre in 2012 -- ran again for election to the seat.[22] The National Republican Congressional Committee added David Rouzer to their "On the Radar" list in November 2013. According to the NRCC, candidates that made this list received "...the tools they need to run successful, winning campaigns against their Democratic opponents."[23] In March 2014, Rouzer was included on the NRCC's "Young Guns" list.[24]

Full history

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2010

On November 2, 2010, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ilario Pantano in the general election.[29]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

53.7%

113,957

Republican

Ilario Gregory Pantano

46.3%

98,328

Total Votes

212,285

2008

On November 4, 2008, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Will Breazeale in the general election.[30]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

68.8%

215,383

Republican

Will Breazeale

31.2%

97,472

Total Votes

312,855

2006

On November 7, 2006, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Shirley Davis in the general election.[31]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

72.8%

101,787

Republican

Shirley Davis

27.2%

38,033

Total Votes

139,820

2004

On November 2, 2004, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Plonk in the general election.[32]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

73.2%

180,382

Republican

Ken PLonk

26.8%

66,084

Total Votes

246,466

2002

On November 5, 2002, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Adams and David Brooks in the general election.[33]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

71.1%

118,543

Republican

James Adams

27.3%

45,537

Libertarian

David Brooks

1.5%

2,574

Total Votes

166,654

2000

On November 7, 2000, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated James Adams and Bob Burns in the general election.[34]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 2000

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

69.7%

160,185

Republican

James Adams

28.9%

66,463

Libertarian

Bob Burns

1.3%

3,018

Total Votes

229,666

1998

On November 3, 1998, Mike McIntyre won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Paul Meadows in the general election.[35]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 1998

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

91.3%

124,366

Libertarian

Paul Meadows

8.7%

11,924

Total Votes

136,290

1996

On November 5, 1996, Mike McIntyre won election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Caster, Chris Nubel and Garrison Frantz in the general election.[36]

U.S. House, North Carolina District 7 General Election, 1996

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Mike McIntyre

52.9%

87,487

Republican

Bill Caster

45.8%

75,811

Libertarian

Chris Nubel

1%

1,573

Natural Law

Garrison Frantz

0.3%

569

Total Votes

165,440

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for McIntyre is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, McIntyre raised a total of $7,820,658 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 16, 2013.[37]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, McIntyre missed 266 of 11,077 roll call votes from Jan 1997 to Apr 2013, which is 2.4% of votes during that period. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving.[41]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. McIntyre paid his congressional staff a total of $1,086,864 in 2011. Overall, North Carolina ranked 7th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[42]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, McIntyre's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $67,006 to $182,000. That averages to $124,503, which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic House members in 2011 of $5,107,874. His average net worth did not change from 2010.[43]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, McIntyre's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $67,006 to $182,000. This averages out to a net worth of $124,503 which is lower than the average net worth of Democrats in 2010 of $4,465,875.[44]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. McIntyre ranked 182nd in the liberal rankings among members of the U.S. House.[45]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. McIntyre ranked 187th in the liberal rankings among members of the U.S. House.[46]

Percentage voting with party

June 2013

Mike McIntyre voted with the Democratic Party 73.4% of the time, which ranked 200 among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.[47]

Personal

McIntyre lives in Lumberton, North Carolina with his wife Dee. He has two sons, Joshua and Stephen.[48]

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